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ST. LOUIS (AP) - NHL tough guy Mike Danton relishes his role as the mouthy player who gets under his opponents' skin, racking up 141 minutes in the penalty box this season with the St. Louis Blues. But now he is behind bars, accused of trying to get someone to kill his agent, a man with a sinister reputation as a hockey-world Svengali. The arrest last week has raised disturbing questions about both Danton and his agent, David Frost. Frost insists Danton never wanted him dead and is in dire need of counseling. Danton's estranged father blames Frost for his...

Center for St. Louis Blues Charged in Alleged Murder-for-Hire Scheme Apr 16, 2004 By Betsy Taylor/ Associated Press Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) - A center for the St. Louis Blues was arrested Friday in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme, the FBI said. Mike Danton, 23, was arrested at the airport in San Jose, Calif., after the Blues were knocked out of the NHL playoffs in a loss to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday. According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Illinois, Danton told a female friend that a hitman from Canada was coming to kill him and...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - FBI agents arrested professional hockey player Michael Danton on Friday on charges he tried to hire someone to murder a man who had apparently been his lover, according to court documents. Reuters Photo A criminal complaint filed in U.S. district court for Southern Illinois said Danton -- who was arrested hours after a playoff game in San Jose, California -- told a friend an invented story about a fellow-Canadian who wanted to kill him over a debt. He asked the friend, Katie Wolfmeyer, 19, if she knew anyone willing to kill the man for $10,000. Wolfmeyer...